---
title: "Inspect a PDF and say what is possible (public, no auth, no conversion)"
method: POST
path: "/v1/tools/pdf-analyze"
tags: ["tools-free-tier"]
---

# Inspect a PDF and say what is possible (public, no auth, no conversion)

`POST /v1/tools/pdf-analyze`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.slideforge.dev`
- URL: `https://api.slideforge.dev/v1/tools/pdf-analyze`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

The public half of /tools/pdf-to-pptx: returns producer, page count, source classification and `can_extract` so a visitor learns whether their PDF converts to editable shapes — before signing up. No job, no persistence, no conversion, no charge. Converting is authenticated: POST /v1/deck/from-pdf.

## Response `200`

Analysis returned

- unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid PDF (not a PDF, corrupted, empty)
- `413`: File too large
- `422`: Validation Error
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (30/hour/IP)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/slideforge/apis/slideforge-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/slideforge/apis/slideforge-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/slideforge/apis/slideforge-api/revisions/ae698e3d3c00?raw)